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TV Networks Are 'Cluttering' Shows
With a Record Number of Commercials

By

Joe Flint Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal

Updated March 2, 2000 1:14 a.m. ET

The television networks are jamming a record number of commercials onto their shows, according to a new report from the American Association of Advertising Agencies and the Association of National Advertisers.

Walt Disney Co.'s ABC network is in the lead when it comes to so-called clutter, during prime-time television broadcasts. Clutter is defined as any nonprogramming content -- commercials, public-service announcements and network...